Actividades de Desarrollo Curricular

Secundaria Comunitaria Productiva

Área: Lengua Extranjera
Docente: María Eugenia Balderrama, Estela Grilo, Lilian Miranda, Lucy Vargas.
Tema: Unidad 3
Fecha: 31/03/2020 Curso: V Nro de actividad: 7
Reading activity

What is reading?
Reading is what we do when we understand writing. More fully, it is a cognitive process of
understanding information represented by printed or written language. It is a way of getting
information and insights about something that is written. Reading involves understanding the
symbols in that language.
What is the purpose of reading?

The purpose of reading is to connect the ideas on the page to what you already know. If

you don't know anything about a subject, then pouring words of text into your mind is like
pouring water into your hand. You have a framework in your mind for reading, understanding
and storing information.

.Different texts require different ways of reading such as:

1 Skimming: looking quickly at an article or a book to get a general idea of what it is about.
This includes looking at visual, headings, and subheadings.
2 Scanning: Looking for specific information in a text, such as headings and key words.
3 Reading in detail: Reading a text carefully in order to learn concepts and details, this often
involves marking important information or taking notes.
4 General reading: Reading a text completely, bit without concentrating on learning specific
information.

A Match each text type (a-j) with the way you normally read it (1-4) above.
a newspaper articles 1-4 f textbooks 3,4
b novels/stories 3,4 g internet articles 3
c reference books 2 h phone directories 1
d magazine articles 3 I poetry or lyrics 3
e advertisements 3 j text messages 4
B Read the first question below and write the best strategy (1-4) from Exercise A
to answer it. Then read the text in that way to find the answer. Do questions 2-5
in the same way.
1 What is the text about? I think the best strategy to answer this question is
skimming. The text talks about how children’s ambitions have been changing over the
years
2 What careers did children want to have 25 years ago? What careers do they want to
have now?
They wanted to be teachers or have a career in finance or medicine, now they
want to be a sport star, singer or actor
3 What has caused the changes in children´s career ambitions, and how does the
author feel about these changes?
The culture that worships celebrities, the author thinks it can be harmful for
children because the majority will not reach their goal and failure can lead to intense
feelings of disappointment and even low the self-steem.
4 According to the author, what has made people believe that it´s easy to become
famous and wealthy?
The Tv talent competitions that are a quick route to fame
5 According to the author, why do fame and fortune sometimes have negative effects on
people?
Because fame is brief as well as the careers they participate in
C VOCABULARY: GUESSING MEANING FROM CONTEXT. Read the text again and
choose the correct option.

1 Aspiration and ambition have similar / different meanings.

2 Self-esteem refers to the state of a person´s mind / body.
3 If you make it big you are very successful / unsuccessful.
4 In the spotlight relates to fame / happiness.
5 Dwindle refers to an increase / a decrease.
6 Worthlessness has a positive / negative meaning.
7 Washed-up has a positive / negative meaning.
8 Traumatic has a positive / negative meaning.

D VOCABULARY: GUESSING MEANING FROM CONTEXT Complete the questions

with the correct form of a word or phrase from Exercise C.

1 Do you agree with the author that many children´s aspiration to

become rich and famous is a bad thing? Why or why not?
2 Do you think personal problems are more less traumatic.for people who are
In the spotlight?
3 If you were a celebrity, what would you do when your fame started to
Wash up?